Yeah, but who knows when you'll actually be able to get your hands on those Bridgewave radios... if you need something now, it doesn't really matter if there's going to be better radios coming out "soon".
On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 1:13 PM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> wrote: > The 820 can’t do 80MHz channels at 2048QAM. The Bridgewave Navigator is > what I’d be looking at next, way more capabilities and capacity. They are > just starting to ship them. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* AF [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jason McKemie > *Sent:* Thursday, July 19, 2018 9:45 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] AF11x > > > > What does an aviat link cost? The alfoplus2 is about $15k a link, the > regular alfoplus used to be a solid deal, not as much anymore. > > On Thursday, July 19, 2018, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > > SIAE I believe will be your best bang and at a reasonable buck. Aviat, > maybe. Bridgewave, still waiting. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > > *From: *[email protected] > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Thursday, July 19, 2018 9:43:01 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] AF11x > > So what current product current release radio has the best throughput in > the 11 GHz band? > > > > *From:* Adam Moffett > > *Sent:* Thursday, July 19, 2018 8:04 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* [AFMUG] AF11x > > > > So I just read up about the AF11x. I haven't been paying much attention > to this product because I've been busy with other things. > > The datasheet claims "best spectral efficiency in class" and "1.2gbps". > Various people on the forum made claims that don't match up with simple > comparisons of spec sheets. Some were UBNT employees, others were just > fanboys. > > The actual info on the spec sheets is that you get about 22% less > throughput per channel at the same modulation level and same channel size > as competing products. They claim huge numbers by adding multiple channels > together. You also can't use a full 80mhz channel, so if I compare to a > PTP820C (which actually *can *do 1.2gbps full duplex in XPIC), the > Airfiber 11x is more like 42% less throughput. > > So the spec sheet is factually accurate with it's numbers, but the text > narrative is clearly intended to mislead the buyer. Having just realized > this, I'm a bit offended. > > It seems the only thing it really has going for it is being very > inexpensive. Like I can get 2 AF11x's for less than one PTP820S with full > speed licenses. So *if *I can get enough channels licensed for 2 XPIC > links, then the AF11x is still compelling. And it might mean I can justify > an 11ghz link for a lower volume site than I could otherwise. They didn't > need to lie about it. > > </grumpyMode> > ------------------------------ > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >
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